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Romanian Razvan Cernaianu, formerly known as a hacker by the name of TinKode, works at his laptop in his office in Bucharest in this March 15, 2013 file picture. After hacking the Pentagon, NASA and Britain’s Royal Navy for fun, TinKode got a real job as a computer security expert for a Romanian cyber safety consultancy. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel/Files)


Opinion: Fabricating news in the digital age

Opinion: Fabricating news in the digital age

Even as it opened up new horizons in the field of information technology and allowed for a rapid exchange of information across the world, the era of the Internet and social media has created a lot of room for misunderstandings. The Internet has often been used to...
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Logo of the Syrian Electronic Army, captured today from the group’s website.


The Syrian Electronic Army’s Media War

The Syrian Electronic Army’s Media War

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Today, there is nothing that cannot be done from behind a computer screen—including waging war. Earlier this week, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) succeeded in hacking into the Associated Press’s Twitter account, sending out a fake tweet about...